MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
PIT · P
Change to
Portrait of Yennier Cano
Yennier Cano
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Yennier Cano’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Yennier Cano wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.9
Yennier Cano
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
17.2%
Yennier Cano
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
30.6%
Yennier Cano
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
37.1%
Yennier Cano
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
48.6%
Yennier Cano
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
7.1%
Yennier Cano
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.271
Yennier Cano
.261
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Kirby Yates
2.124.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Yennier Cano
2.124.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
.9001.39
now 1.20
1.24
Yennier Cano
.9001.39
now 0.86
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4021.60
now 10
15
Yennier Cano
4021.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0001.48
now 0
00
Yennier Cano
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0004.40
now 1
13
Yennier Cano
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYennier Cano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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